Lemmy will hate me for this but I subscribe to Amazon kindle unlimited. Since I read so much, I definitely couldn’t afford to pay for each book and the local library is pretty hit or miss on availability. Ultimately most of what I read is entertaining garbage but when you read compulsively like I do, the entertaining part is more important than the quality.
The term is ‘slop’ I believe. I had a KU account for years and since I mostly read GameLit and LitRPG I have been tied to Amazon because very few KDP Authors publish traditionally outside of special print runs.
What annoyed me most at the time I cancelled was authors putting book 1 in KU and then not the rest of the series. Forcing you to buy the books at inflated prices. Kind of like drug dealers.
I don’t read nearly as much as you, but something like 60 or 70 books a year. I found the opposite to be true: I could find way more that I wanted to read on the Libby library app than on Kindle unlimited. I mostly read SF and fantasy, so I go though all the Hugo and Nebula nominees and read recommendations from places like Locus Magazine. Then I tag those books that interest me in the library app, and place holds (reservations) on a handful of the ones not currently available and start reading ones that are. It seems to work pretty well with zero dollars.
I always have a bunch of books on hold on Borrowbox so there’s always one available when I need a new book. Then I start that one and take the rest off hold.
Lemmy will hate me for this but I subscribe to Amazon kindle unlimited. Since I read so much, I definitely couldn’t afford to pay for each book and the local library is pretty hit or miss on availability. Ultimately most of what I read is entertaining garbage but when you read compulsively like I do, the entertaining part is more important than the quality.
The term is ‘slop’ I believe. I had a KU account for years and since I mostly read GameLit and LitRPG I have been tied to Amazon because very few KDP Authors publish traditionally outside of special print runs.
What annoyed me most at the time I cancelled was authors putting book 1 in KU and then not the rest of the series. Forcing you to buy the books at inflated prices. Kind of like drug dealers.
I don’t read nearly as much as you, but something like 60 or 70 books a year. I found the opposite to be true: I could find way more that I wanted to read on the Libby library app than on Kindle unlimited. I mostly read SF and fantasy, so I go though all the Hugo and Nebula nominees and read recommendations from places like Locus Magazine. Then I tag those books that interest me in the library app, and place holds (reservations) on a handful of the ones not currently available and start reading ones that are. It seems to work pretty well with zero dollars.
I always have a bunch of books on hold on Borrowbox so there’s always one available when I need a new book. Then I start that one and take the rest off hold.